The unthinkable has been accomplished. e3kskoy7wqk compiled a Windows 2000 compatible backport of the famous Google Chrome web browser. Let us take a moment of awe that such an achievement- google chrome never even supported the Windows 2000 operating system. Even early versions of Google Chrome required additions dll's or patches in order to execute. Therefore, we can conclude this unofficial compilation of Windows 2000 is simply breathtaking.
Features:
- Security patching - Fixes for multiple High and Medium severity vulnerabilities
- Memory safety - Use-after-free and out-of-bounds write fixes
- Access control - Authorization fixes, especially in extension-related components
- Information protection - Mitigations for information leaks
- Stability - Crash and reliability improvements
- Extended Stable alignment Includes security fixes backported from later Chrome versions / ESR updates
Highlights:
- Native compatibility: Built straight from Chromium source changes - zero binary patches or external -- - DLL wrappers.
- Functional Sandbox: Full sandbox is working, matching the safety level of the Chromium-for-windows-7-REWORK builds on XP SP3.
- Crashpad restored: Proper crash dumps are generated, making debugging significantly easier.
- Manifest V2 support: Full support for Manifest V2 extensions.
- SwiftShader always available: Software rendering via SwiftShader is built-in and fully accessible. -WebGL 1.0 and 2.0 is supported.
- Optional DirectWrite: Simply extract the dwrite_w2k.zip archive into the same folder as chrome.exe to enable DirectWrite font rendering.
- Windows 2000 RTM or later
Screenshots:
Components:
mini_installer.exe - 99.6 MB
Bugs (150.0.7871.253, from Github):
Tooltips behavior:
- Transitioning between tooltips has a ~1s delay.
- A blinking text caret causes active tooltips to dismiss early.
Video playback:
- Audio may sound robotic/metallic during video playback.
- Video playback may experience stuttering or dropped frames.
